Song of the Day - High Energy

The 80's were so gay.  Not stupid gay, gay gay. For some reason (past life?)  this and a couple of late 70's early 80's songs keep POPPIN into my head.  Today it was this song and "Catch Me!  I'm falling in love."

Anyhow I looked this song up and low and behold there is a video, shot in a club....with very gay dance moves...a black woman who is perhaps very GLBT-friendly, and gender-challenged, on a platform spinning her wig off.

I'm serious at one point as she spins, cue in the 80's dissolve effect and her high voice, I genuinely thought she would spin through the floor.  If she did those people in the club wouldn't even notice they were so high on booger sugar.  Still a great song-

Song of the Day - Jimmy

Its actually yesterday's song but it was in my head today as well

Song of the Day - T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)

If anything else Will.I.Am definitely makes great music to work out to.  I remember when the Black Eyed Peas were struggling for air time:



Even this was a more mainstream, recruiting Macy Gray at her highest. But a 5 minute search for a BEP video prior to this one will prove to be futile, lol.  There's nothing wrong with that, but if there has ever been a group that should be proof of a formula that works for mainstream success; ditch the hardcore rap music, add a female (preferably a white girl who's borderline black), produce fun, mindless music with one or two songs with a message, add mindless and fun songs on your cd's ala "my humps," then pretty much ditch R&B altogether and make trance music.  It sounds simple but throughout you still have to be tenacious.

Anyhow, that's my perspective on BEP and Will.I.Am, I love what he does (except when he writes songs for presidents), but sometimes I listen to some of his lyrics and their are much more grandiose than some rappers out there "Kill you with my lyricals, call me verbal criminal."

Will.I.Am has now mastered the true essence of an artist and how; borrowing from different artistic platforms and incorporating them into a nice, new package.  In the song of the day, T.H.E, he begins the video running through a wall etc, etc, Fuerza Bruta.  Then he pretty much borrows Jennifer Lopez and Fergilizes her.

By far my favorite is his homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6JNQwPWE0

That and fucking Mick Jagger!  When I saw the video my first thought was yup, that's what space would look like-

So the lesson here is...Will.I.Am is so big now and his lyrics prove it, I feel like we should Occupy him.

Song of the Day - The Morning

The Weeknd was introduce to me by a Tween, lol.  just kidding, a good friend during the summer.  If you haven't heard of him yet, you may so in the near future.  This Canadian-born singer's got two albums out, GET THEM.  They are really good, the lyrics are great.  I like this slow jam.




The fact that this is the official video is highly suspect.

Song of the Day - Bittersweet Symphony

I once heard a story and I cannot remember who told it to me.  It's the story of a local radio station DJ playing this song once.  then he played it again. And then again.  Then again and again and again, eventually locking himself in the station and playing it over and over until people started to wonder what was going on and authorities were alerted.  It's a powerful song.  I can only imagine what this man awoke from and what sparked it.  He inevitably left the station and was interviewed by a morning DJ from the same station the very next day.

Song of the Day - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

This song made it on my running playlist.  I have not heard it since I was about 17 or 18.  If you have not either.  Take a listen to it.

Listening to it now makes more sense.  This is a song that should be listened to every ten years.

Song of the Day - Love you more

Makes me feel good today